With more platforms being added, the logo had to change to suggest this wider choice.

There were as many different IDEs as platforms, customised to the colours of the manufacturer. So changing the targets board meant switching IDEs, while it was just selecting the board on embedXcode.

The second generation was introduced in September 2015 with the forth logo, and refined one year later with the fifth logo, taking some inspiration from flat design

It conveyed the sense of diversity with 18 squares, which colours were taken from their IDEs; and of unity, with strong eX and eX+ letters

The embedXcode logo was also adapted to each platform, with different shades from their IDEs: tile for Arduino, red for Energia, grey for Teensy. Utilities were in black, grey and reverse white on black